You should go on one of those cooking shows. The competition ones? You'd win.
Oh I'd make sure I did.
“Monkey in a Box” · Season 8, Episode 11
In this episode: Dexter Morgan (6), Debra Morgan (3), Saxon (3), Harry Morgan (1), Hannah (1)
I have a proposal. I figured the safest way to deliver it was to bring a referee.
I'm listening.
We walk away.
Walk away?
From each other. We take our separate paths, lead our separate lives. I forget about you, you forget about me.
You went out of your way to kill your mother in front of me, and you expect me to forget?
[chuckles] That may have been a little over the top, but I was trying to make a point.
I missed the point.
It was a test, to see if, this time, she would finally choose me. Well, we both know how that turned out.
So, naturally you had to cut her throat.
You know what it's like to kill. It can be cathartic... and it was. That's why I'm giving you a choice: Go on with your life, or come after me.
Miami's a great town. Lots of Cuban food, nice weather, murder solve rate's about 1 percent...
The next time we do this it's gonna be fucking tacos and tequila, or whatever the fuck they eat in Argentina.
Yeah, it'll probably be steaks. It's Argentina, not Mexico.
God, this is such a mind fuck! After tomorrow, you're not gonna be here. What the fuck does that look like?
We both start over.
Is that even possible?
Yeah, I think so. Don't you?
It's just every fucked up-- Every time I've been a complete mess, you've been there for me. Even when it was your fault that I was fucked up you've never given up on me. So if I can't make this work, going back to being a cop again, then who the fuck is gonna help me pick up the pieces of that?
You're not that person anymore. You're stronger than that. You're stronger than I'll ever be.
I'm not.
Deb, Dad and Vogel gave me the code so I'd know the right thing to do, but you've always just known. It's the compass I always wished I had. And as long as you listen to that you won't need me. You'll be fine.
Maybe. But don't ever think that it was the code that made you a good brother. There's a human being in there. There always has been. Even if you can't see it.
[Dexter is about to kill Saxon, but at the last minute he feels something wrong]
This used to be my favorite moment, but now... I don't want to be here. [awestruck] I don't need to kill you.
Does that mean you're letting me live?
No, you're still going to die — but now it'll be in the electric chair.
Dexter, are you sure about this?
Yes.
I never thought this day would come. You don't need me anymore.
[voiceover] I used to live my life at night in the shadow of my dark passenger. I lived in shadows so long until the dark became my world, but over time the people in my life flipped on a light. At first I was blinded, it was so bright, but over the years my eyes adjusted and I could see and now what’s in focus is my future, bright, brighter than it’s ever been.
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